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ABIZONA REPUBLICAN CHE THIRTEENTH YEAH. TEN PAGES PnOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1901 TEN PAGES VOL. XIII. NO. 21. THE MARICOPA 00011! WATER STORAGE BILL Passed by the Last Legislature Ratified by the Senate The Debate on the Isthmian Canal Bill Continued Senator Mitchell Directs the Attention of Advocates of the Panama Route to the Long Black Record of That Enterprise and Warns the Government Against Becoming Involved in It The Anti-Anarchy Bill is Now Ready in the House for Final Action. Washington. June 7. After transact- tc the anti-anarchy bill, but all failed Ing some routine business and discuss- except one proposed by McCall of Musing a bill to relieve shippers from Lou- j saehusetts, to strike from the anar-don dock charges, the senate today re- j chist section the word "assault" where snmed consideration of the isthmian canal project. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, continued his speech, begun on Thursday, in opposition to the Panama route. After considering the engineering difficulties of the route, which he regarded as very serious, he entered upon a denunciation of the methods pt the Panama Canal company, which be declared were the most corrupt in the history of .he world. He warned congress that no surer way would be found to defeat the contsruction of any canal than to adopt the Spooner amendment, as the United States rould have no connection with the Panama route without- becoming involved in the schemes of the French adventurers from which it would ft rid it impossible to extricate itself, lie declared that any connection that this country might have with the Panama proposition would result in a detriment to thin government. A bill was passed to rati.':' Act Mo. ' 65 cf the Twenty-first legislature, ture. THE HOUSE. Washington. June 7 The house spent the entirt day voting upon amendments SOFT GOAL STRIKE BECOMES EFFECTIVE- j Kany Thousand More Men Went Out! Than Was Expected. I AVheeling, W. Va., June 7. The strike ordered by the United Mine Workers of America to take effect in West Virginia today was much more complete in some districts than was expected and less effective in others. The incomplete reports are conflicting, but on the whole several thousand more men went out than was anticipated. The strike affects net only the industries of this state, but also the railway;; and river navigation. All local coal roads suffer. Among the trunk lines the Norfolk & Western suffered most today, but very many miners were also idle along the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake and Ohio. JOINING THE OUTGOING. Bluefields, W. Va., June 7. About sixty percent of the miners in the Flat Top fields went out today. GOING FOR GOOD. Coopers, W. Va., June 7. Five hundred or more miners passed through here today from the Flat Top fields. They are going west and will not return. A PRESCOTT LIBRARY Other Improvements involving a Heavy Expenditure Contemplated. Prescctt, Ariz., June 7. (Special) Through the good offices of Mr. F. M. Murphy, the Prescott Library committee has at last secured one cf the best locations, if not the best, in the city for the new library building. It is announced today that the city is to have one of the finest club buildings in the southwest, and the Episco pal church will build a rectory and a 1 guild hall. Joseph Wilson announces today that he will begin at once the erection of a model opera house, costing from thirty to forty thousand dollars. In this undertaking Mr. Wilson has the assistance of Mr. Murphy. NEWS FROM PRESCOTT. Departure of Mr. F. M East. Murphy for th Prescott. Ariz.. June 7. (Special) Dr. Ainsworth of Los Angeles arrived in Prescott this evening. . The doctor is en route to the Grand Canyon with a party of ladies, but could not pass Prescott by. He and his brother. Brigadier General Ainsworth of AVash- ington, are among the best friends of Prescott. and neither of them ever neg- lects to say a good word for the city. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Murphy, accom- panied by Mrs. Kinsley and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Smith, ?.Ir. J. H. Emmert and Mr. L. V. Mason, left this morning for the cast. o A NEVADA FIRE. Wadsworth. Nev., June 7. A fire started at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Lothrop's hotel and saloon and ten it is coupieu witn "Killing, in tnc m- hibition against conspiring for the killing of a chief magistrate cf a foreign country. A quorum failed at this point and the house was compelled to adjourn without final action. AMERICAN HOLDINGS In Cuba Under Investigation by Senate Committee. Washington. June 7. Truman G. Palmer of Chicago today continued his statement on the subject of the American holdings cf sugar lands in Cuba before the senate Cuban committee. Summarizing the entire presentation, he placed the number .of Cuban estates held by Americans, individual and corporate, at 172, with a total acreage of ownership amounting to 1.4S2.S01, of which 330.S46 acres are cane producing. The annual cane capacity of this land he placed at S30.44j tons, but he said that the lands were not, of course, producing to their full capacity, and some of them not. at all. These American ownerships have war claims against the United States amounting in the aggregate to $41,335,S03. buildings were destroyed. The fire is still burning. The total loss is not less than $50,000, with very little insurance. KANSAS FLOODS. They Are Subsiding and Railroads Ap- proaching Schedule Time. Tcpeka Kans;.e -The liltest advices from the flood district in Lyon j county say the waters are subsiding considerably and all trains are running through nearly on schedule time. Officials of the Santa Fe estimate the damage done to their road anywhere from $15,000 to $2r,000. The Kansas river in this city is getting very high. The water is within a few feet of the street railway bridge. A large force of men is being kept at work on the bridge to keep it free from driftwood. 1 o STEAM AND ELECTRICITY. St. Louis. June 7. As the result of a collision today at the surface crossing at Brentwood, St. Louis county, between a car on the Clayton branch suburban electric line and an engine on the Missouri Pacific railroad, thirty-five persons were badly injured, two fatally. The car, which could not be controlled because of a defective brake, plunged into the engine at the crossing and was badly wrecked. o A DUAL MEET IN THE MUD Chicago Wins From the TJniveisity of California. Marshall Field, Chicago, June 7. The dual meet between the University of Chicago and the University of California was won today by Chicago by a score of S to r. Shortly after tho games were called a drizzling rain set in which finally ended in a terrific . ilnivnnfllir .-lil-ll nil ' clnn -ni, 1 I I. . - . L i-.t iiur truin. ii'rn ii;t- unit css'1-- called the athletes to resume the games there was fully two inches of water on the track, while the field was a miniature lake. Under such condi tions fast work was out of tne question. The best rate was in the 200 yards dash, participated in by Blair and Senn of Chicago and Caddgan of California. It was a close race throughout, but Blair won in a hard finish. HIGH SCHOOL MEET. Chicago, June 7. Grinnell. Iowa, won j perls and this saving In time and ex-the high school meet on Marshall field j ertion is appreciated by the housewife this afternoon with a total score of 23 , its well as the economy, for being a points. The other schools finished as concentrated food, four teaspoonfuls is follows. South Division. Chicago. 13: sufficient for the cereal nart of a meal I Chicago Latin. 12: Englewood. 10: West ' Aurora. !: Milwaukee, S: Evanston. 7; North Division, Chicago. 6: Lewis Academy. 6: Amoy. 5: Bake Forest. 7.: j Northwestern Academy. 4: Pontiac, 7: j Goshen. Ind.. 3. r- I MILES' MOVEMENTS. i ille Is Traveling on a Schedule Ar- ranged by Himself. Washington, June 7. It was stated at the residence of General Miles tonight that he is not coming to Wash- ington until after the ceremonies at West Point on June 11. It was further stated that the general is traveling on a schedule mapped out by him before leaving AVashington, and in pursuance of these arrangements he is spending the night in Syracuse and will arrive in New York tomorrow noon. AT SYRACUSE. Syracuse. N. Y.. June 7. General Miles was entertained for several hours tonight by the Syracuse members of his civil war regiment, the Sixty-first New York volunteers. He declined to discuss the Arnold ease or army, affairs. He. left for West Point at 11:45. o BASE BALL The Result of Contests in Ihe Four Leagues Yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston, June 7. B&ston-Cincinntti ;amc postponed on account of rain. Brooklyn, Chicago Brooklyn . Batteries, June 7. First game 0 00 10000 01 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '2 W. Williams and Klhig; Newton and Farrell. Second game Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13 Brooklyn 1 0200200 -'a j Batteries, Taylor and Kling; Ivitsn and Farrell. New Yoi k. Pittsburg .. Nov.- Yoi !: . . Batteries, June 7. .2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Phillips and O'Connor, Evans and Yeager. Philadelphia, June 7. Philadelphia 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 "' 3 St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 01 Batteries, White and Doom; Wicker and O'Neil. Second game Philadelphia St. Louis Batteries. Magee Murphy and Ryan. .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 .0 0020023 07 and Jacklitsch; AMERICAN LEAGUE. St. Louis, June 7. St. Louis 0 1000200 14 Boston 000102 0 0 03 Batteries. Powell and Sugden; Dineen and Warner. Detroit. June 7. Detroit 0 0 0 2 3 1 12 9 Philadelphia OOOIQOOO 01 Batteries, Sicver and McGuire; Willz and Powers. Cleveland. June 7. Cleveland BaiUmoio Called account of o 1 n :j o 7 . . .(i :i o o o o i rain. Batteries, Bernhart R'.'binscn. :: i Wood ; McGinnity and Chicago, June 7. C h i ca go- Va s h i ng to n 3: wet ground. game postpon- WESTERN LEAGUE. Des Moines, June 7. Des Moines-ICansas City game postponed: .vet grounds. PeTia, June jame postponed; 7. Peoria-Milwaukee wet grounds. Colorado Springs, June 7. Colorado Springs ...0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 02 Denver 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 s Batteries. Gaston and Dixon; Whit-riJse and McConiulI. Omaha. June 7. St. Joseph 0 0000002 ' 2 Omaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 Batteries. Maupin i::id Kolh; Owens and Gonding. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St. Paul. June 7. St. Paul club, coining from Kansas City, late today, and game with Milwaukee postponed.' Toledo. June-game postponed: 7. Toledo- Louisville rain. Kansas City, June 7. Owing to fail- i ure of Minneapolis team to arrive, to-! day's game postponed. Columbus 9. Indianapolis 5. COLLEGE LEAGUE. Princeton S. Yale 5. 1 BODY 20 Pop HEAT Reduced rees in Summer. Nevcr eat heavy carbonaceous foods for the morning meal, for these foods should follow and not precede hard work. The best morning foundation !s Grape-Nuts and cream, a little fruit, a UP of Postum Food Coffee and pos sibly a couple of eggs prepared to suit the taste this breakfast is sufficient to satisfy the hardest workers, either of brain or muscle, until the noonday meal. Particularly is this true at ihe present season of the year, when meat and other fatty foods increase the internal heat of the body and make the summer day still more disagreeable. Grape-Nuts come to you from the. grocer ready to serve, having been ' fully cocked at the far tory hv food ev- for one person and costs only one cent A booklet of excellent recipes is found in each package of Grape-Nuts from which many easy and delicious warm weather dishes can be made for luncheon and supper that are not only nutritious but pleasing to the palate. A trial of the above selection of food for ten days will prove to anyone that health and vigor, an active mind and a keen enjoyment of the pleasures of summer will take the place of poor digestion, a dull brain and that heavy draggy feeling caused by improper food during the hot weather. THE JUDGMENT IN WILSON SUIT Brought Against Former Territorial Auditor Dr. Viokers Ihe Court Finds That in the Issuing of the Warrants of Which the "Taxpayer" Plaintiff Complained, the Law Was Fully Complied ' I With Judge Kent yesterday handed down the decision of the court in the Ives-Wilson suits against Governor Murphy and former Auditor Vickers. In the exhaustive opinion which is printed below, every warrant in question is declared to have been legally and properly issued. The suits were begun last fall, and were reached and tried in the district court two weeks ago, and submitted. Yesterday was the second "law day" since the trial, and the judgment was rendered as soon as the court opened. There was a large attendance of members of the Phoenix bar, and on account of the notoriety of the cases there was much interest in the decision, but there was no surprise. Lawyers without exception had predicted a judgment for the defendants. While Thomas F. Wilson, a resident of Tucson, ostensibly was the plaintiff, it is assumed that the costs will be paid by Ives. Most readers of The Republican are familiar with the cases. They had their inception early in the session of the Twenty-first legislature, a year ago last January. Governor Murphy had taken strong grounds in his message in favor of a modern territorial prison. Ives, who was the member of the council from Yuma, took it for granted that if a new prison were decided upon it would be at some other point than Yuma, and he seemed to consider that the only way to defeat the governor's recommendations was to array the legislature on partisan lines against the evecutive. Personally he was already a bitter enemy, and had been since the governor had cancelled a contract between the territory and Ives whereby Ives was to have the benefit of prison labor in constructing an irrigating ditch at Yuma. In pursuance of the purpose to solidify the legislature against the territorial administration and thus defeat any legislation inimical to the Yuma prison. Ives cunningly and unscrupoiisly repres' nte.1. that the administration of teirLoiial affairs was corrupt and that much capital could be made for the democratic party by an investigation of the auditor's office. He would not consent, however, to a joint committee of investigation from the two houses, but appointed a committee of three from the council, with himself as chairman. An expert ac- countant was employed at an expense of many hundreds cf dollars to the ter-i ritory. and the "investigation" dragged along for weeks. Long before a report was rendered the self-respecting members of both houses had become convinced that the whole proceeding was for the personal ends of Ives, that it could disclose nothing discreditable to the administration, and that it could end in nothing but a farce. Rut as ! president cf the council Ives had the j members of each house largely at his I mercy, in the matter of expediting or i defeating measures in which they ha 1 i especial interest, and he rigorously useu mi po.-.er ana ine party nip 10 keep the democrats lined up against the governor. There was a two-thirds democratic majority in each house. Near the end of the session, when he could offer no further excuses for de laying his committee report, Ives took the floor and made his great "exposure." By invitation the members of the house had adjourned to the council chamber to hear the harrowing details. The business ended in i farcical anti-climax, as everybody had expected. There was absolutely nothing in the whole report to indicate that there had been any wrong doing. To the contrary. Ives was compelled to rely on flimsy technical subterfuges for an attack on the governor and auditor. He claimed that certain warrants issued by the auditor on the territorial treasurer were illegal. These warrants were in two groups. The first comprised payments imprinting the various reports of territorial officials which are required by law. The bi-ennial appropriation bill had not provided funds for this printing, but the attorney general and auditor had helVl that the payments were authorized by the general statutes. There was no complaint that the printing bills were unreasonable. The second group covered warrants issued for the expenses of the governor's office. In the appropriation bill of 1K93, the Twentieth legislature had appropriated the sum of $G,2."iH to b.; paid by the governor during two years and a half as rewards for criminals, the printing of proclamations, and the other purposes mentioned in Judge Kent's decision.- and for '"all necessary expenses." This last clause was added by the legislature after a conference with the auditor and the attorney general, wherein it had been shown that the business anil correspondence of tin: executive office had grown lo large proportions, the volume of correspondence being heavier than in most of the states; that in all the states there was prevision for an adequate office staff costing several thousands yearly a private secretary, a stenographer. ;. pardon clerk, an office boy. and so on: whereas in Arizona the statutes, dating from civil war times, provided only for a private secretary at r.o a month. It had been shown to that legislature that the $r.) a month would net pay for extra typewriting, not to speak of com-uensation for competent secretary. , m that Governor Murphy was personally paying largely for his office "help." It was too late for a law changing territorial salaries, and the legislature. with the full understanding that under the clause "all neoesasry expenses" u portion of the appropriation would be used for the expenses of the executive office, adopted the paragraph as it reads. Certain furniture for the. executive office was purchased, and miscellaneous bills were paid, nearly all of them relating to the famous annual report of the governor for 1S99. Upon this report the governor, his secretary, and a force of stenographers and typewriters were employed for weeks, almost diy and night. When the report was published it was pronounced by the department of the interior the finest immigration document ever issued for a territory, and congress todk the unprecedented action of ordering an extra edition at government expense f' the use of senators and congress- 111711, dill UCMdl hlutril k. I - .i u . . ' . . . . . . a work as would have cost Arizona many thousands of dollars, if prepared by people In private life, and it was ! worth untold sums to the territory. Yet, the few hundred dollars represent-, ed by the cost cf this report was the j subject of the Ives howl in the legis lature cf last year. That legislature understood the whole situation, and what had been intended by the preceding legislature. When Ives had finished his speech there was not even a motion to receive his committee report. It was calmly ignored, and the two houses went about their business. The auditor, against whom such a tirade of bitter abuse had been uttered, was unanimously confirmed in his re-appointment by the council, and in recognition of the increased needs of the governor's office the two houses of the legislature unanimously passed a bill increasing the salary of the private secretary to $125 a month, and trebling the contingent fund of the office. Moreover, the confidence of the legislature was shown by a provision that the governor should render no vouchers for the contingent expenses, beyond his receipt to the auditor. That was the last vf the farce until President McKinley was assassinated. Some mischievous newspaper writer started the story that President Roosevelt and Governor Murphy were not friends. The credulous Ives believed it, and he began a new campaign against the governor, using the rejected material that had been raked before the democratic legislature. He had a willing ally in Wilson, who was a disappointed office seeker. It was obvious that they hoped to make a noise and stampede Roosevelt into removing Murphy. The conspiracy failed, and as there was nc practical way of withdrawing the suits, they went to trial with the result that the whole terri tory expected. Judge Kent's decision follows: THE DECISION. This is an action brought by a taxpayer of the territory against the auditor and his bondsmen to recover three times the amount of certain warrants alleged to have been issued without authority of law. The action is brought under the statute of 1001 authorizing such action by such taxpayer. The action was originally against the governor of the territory, as well as against the auditor, but on demurrer it was held that the action could not be maintained against the governor by this plaintiff, because at the time of the issuance of the warrants there was j no statute that gave any right of ac-', tion in any one against the governor, j the former statute giving such right I of action against the auditor and his I bondsmen, though such action did not j lie in favor of a taxpayer. ! The ccmplaint alleged that the war-i rants were drawn to the governor on his order: that they were paid, but I that the money was not expended for any pub'ic purpose, and that the pro-j ceeds thereof were converted by th- governor to nis own use. no proot , whatever was given on the trial that ! the monev was nnnronriatert tw the governor to his own use, or that the money was used for other than a pub-lie purpose, or that the expenditures wore not necessary and proper: and there was no charge in this action that the auditor had any connection with the warrants or the proceeds thereof, except that he issued them. The action having been dismissed as to the governor has been brought to trial as against the auditor and his bondsmen on the sole questions as to the first thirteen causes of action, whether or not these warrants so drawn by the auditor were warrants issued without authority of law. for which in this action he and his bonds-j men can be held for three times the amount thereof. The plaintiff bases his contention that as to eight of these warrants they were issued without authority of law on two grounds: First, that the fund appropriated by subdivision S, chanter 69. of the laws of 1S9S. on which these warrants were drawn, does not appropriate money for the purposes for which the warrants were drawn; and second, that they were issued in violation of sections 2962 and 2974 of the revised statutes of XS7 providing for the furnishing of vouchers prior to the payment of claims. As to the first point, the matter was fully presented by the plaintiff's coun- sel on the argument of the demurrer, but has again presented by him in reply to the argument of defendant's counsel, who did not present their position in the matter upon the argument of the demurrer. Section 8 referred to Is as follows: "Subdivision S. To pay the contingent expenses during the six months ending June thirtieth,. 1SH9. aid during the fiscal years ending June thirtieth. l'.iOH. and June thirtieth. 1901, the sun', of six thousand two hundred and fifty (Continued on Third Page.) A GREAT OPPORTUNITY To Go Into the Chicken Business 3-a re ranch, scientifically arranged yerds; 40;i() square feet floor spate hielren barns, compl jle system water works, also incubators, brooder, horse, "'ngon i ml evei-vt'.-.i'.fe at hand r.rike a success. Rent reasonable on a three year lease. TAYLOR fgJ. SON, Real Estate and Loans, No. 11, North First Ave. MILITARY TRAIN!! OF JUNIOR Subject of Severe Criticism in lish Official Report Their Inefficiency and Causes of J ?thout Military-Knowledge or the Desire to Ac-f .iny The System Roasted Recommendation 'e Abolition of Polo and Other Expensive Forr riecreation One of the Evils is the Operation oi Positions and Promotions. London, June 7. The report of the committee on military education and training issued today, furnishes the ' strongest official corroboration of the inefficiency of the officers of the British army. The committee's report, which -is based upon the evidence cf the officers themselves, from the command er in chief downward, fills forty-eight printed pages with caustic criticisms of the existing system. Witness are unanimous in' saying that the junior officers are lamentably deficient in military knowledge, in a desire to acquire knowledge, and in zeal. The committee finds that the young officers will not work "unless they are compelled to do so. that "keenness is out of fashion," and that "it is not correct form." The committee declares that many officers do net possess e.n elementary education. The report condemns the system of both "Woolwich and Sandhurst," where the condition is fur from satisfactory the instructors having no inducement to teach the cadets, much less to work. With a view of diminishing the expenses cf the officers belonging to the cavalry regiments the report recom BOERS MUST WALK TO SOUTH AFRICA The British Embaesy Unable to Help Refugees in This Country. Washington, June 7. Inquiry at tha British embassy here developed the fact that the application of Denver Boers for transportation to their homes has not reached the embassy. Officials do not yet know how it would be acted upon. In cases of actual distress the embassy in the past has been able lo extend some relief to stranded English subjects by securing for them transportation to the seaport where they would be able to ship for home, but there is no fund sufficient to defray tho expense of the general return of the many Boers in the United States to South Africa. It is therefore probable that the embassy can do nothing In the matter in the absence of a special grant of funds and authority from London. BOERS WANTED. Cape Town. June 7. Advices received here from Buenos Ayres say-that the Argentine government has appointed a special agent to visit the camps in South Africa and offer free transportation to Boers desirous of emigrating to Argentine. o HE WILL NOT RUN. Bryan Will Not Be Candidate for Governor of Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., June 7. In a statement given out this evening Win. J. Bryan says he is not a candidate and under no circumstances will he be a candidate for governor of Nebraska this fall. The statement is in answer to an interview with former Senator Allen, in which the latter declared that Bryan should be the fusion nominee. o SHORT IMPRISONMENT. Bluefields. W. Va.. June Wyack, a colored miner, char, assaulting Mary Green, was 7. John ;ed with arrested I today and was soon afterwards taken from the jail at Bond Town and lynched. Wyack was dragged a short distance from jail and riddled with bullets. SHOPMEN FOR STRIKERS. Reading. Pa. Philadelphia & were asked by they would go . June 7. Today the Reading shopmen here their foremen wh.-.'her to the coal regions to THE PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK PHOENIX. ARIZONA. Paid-up Capital, StOO.OOO. Surplus and Undivided Profits, IS0.100. E. B. GAGE, President. T. W. P13MBERTON, Vice Pres. H. J.JJ't'Ll'XG, Cashic-L. B. LARIMER. Assistant Cashier. Steel-lined Vaults and Steel Safety Deposit Boxes. General Banking Business. Drafts issued on all principal cities of the world. Directors G. B. Richmond, B. Heyman, K. M. Murpliy, 1. M. Perry, E. B. Gage, T. W. Pemberton, R. N. Fredericks, L. IT. Chalmers, Frank Alkire. THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL BANK PRESCOTT. ARIZONA. Paid-up Capital, $100,000.00. Surplus and Undllvded Profits. $30,000.00. F. M. MURPHY. President. MORRIS GOLD WATER, Vice President. R. N. FREDERICKS. Cashier. C. O. ELLIS, Assistant Cashier. Brooklyn Chrome Steel-lined Vaults and Safe Deposit Boxes. A general bank ing business transacted. Directors F. M. Murphy, E. B. Gage, Morris Goldwater John C. Herndon, F. G. Brecht, D. M. Ferry, R. N. Frederick. Long Distance Telephone No. ML OFFICERS an Eng- ? .al Influence in Procuring mends that polo tournaments, regimental coaches, and the keeping of hounds ,;e forbidden. s .remaps the penultimate paragraph is the most complete of all. "So long as medicor-t.v is permitted to pass muster," says the committee, "and signal ability meets with no substantial recognition, it is "useless to hope for .my results favorable to the regulations. Nothing but inducements, in the shape of reward for good work, either in peace or in war can raise the standard of knowledge through the command to the ranks." The committee therefore recommends "An honest system of promotion by merit, following on tests hcnorably conducted and honestly reported on." The report plainly hints that officers can hardly be expected to work so long: as the present system of advancement, through social influence, is in vog:ie. or so long as efficiency has nothinsr whatever to do with the selection of officers for desirable appointments. The committee recommends, among other things that more commissions be offered to the colonies and that officers be compelled to know either French or German. take the positions of firemen, engineers and pumpmen. About thirty consented. The company wanted to secur-j at least 130 men from the shops here to take the places of the men on strike. They were informed that, they would be paid $2.30 a day and board and free transportation. THE ANTHRACITE STRIKE. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 7. There was absolutely no change today in the anthracite coal miners' strike, which has now rounded out its fourth week. Here and there men who were on their way to or from work were assaulted, but none of them seriously hurt. IMPENDING WEATHER. Washington, June 7. Arizona, fair, continued warm Sunday and Monday. New Mexico, partly cloudy Sunday and Monday, with occasicual thunder storms in northern portion. AVyoming, fair Sunday, warmer in east portion. Monday fair. NEW POSTMASTERS. Washington, June 7. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters. Texas, Francis M. Barton. Terrell. Wyomiug, Karvey Springer, Cambria. o FRENCH CRISIS HAS PASSED The Organization of a Radical Ministry "Without a Ripple. Paris, June 27. France has passed through the cabinet crisis and the Ccmbes ministry . been formed without a ripyle of excitement among the general public or even in the lobbies of the chamber of deputies. Combes was the first name mentioned as successor to M. Waldeck Rousseau, and mmediately after the latter's resignation beca.ne official, and as soon as H. Brisson rn-nounced that he would not form a cabinet, the Ccmbes ministry became a certainty. As was inevitable after the verdict of the country and the unequivocal i vte in the chamber ot deputies in tne ' elei tion of M. Burgeoise as president, ! the new cabinet was chosen almost en- tircly from among the radicals, M. Boitvier being the last advanced member of it. M. Dcmergu and Pelletan represent the advanced socialists mil M.Mougect, minister of agriculture iep-resents the radical left. Combes. Del-Casse. Troullot. Valle. Chaumie and Marejouls are republicans.

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ABIZONA REPUBLICAN CHE THIRTEENTH YEAH. TEN PAGES PnOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1901 TEN PAGES VOL. XIII. NO. 21. THE MARICOPA 00011! WATER STORAGE BILL Passed by the Last Legislature Ratified by the Senate The Debate on the Isthmian Canal Bill Continued Senator Mitchell Directs the Attention of Advocates of the Panama Route to the Long Black Record of That Enterprise and Warns the Government Against Becoming Involved in It The Anti-Anarchy Bill is Now Ready in the House for Final Action. Washington. June 7. After transact- tc the anti-anarchy bill, but all failed Ing some routine business and discuss- except one proposed by McCall of Musing a bill to relieve shippers from Lou- j saehusetts, to strike from the anar-don dock charges, the senate today re- j chist section the word "assault" where snmed consideration of the isthmian canal project. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, continued his speech, begun on Thursday, in opposition to the Panama route. After considering the engineering difficulties of the route, which he regarded as very serious, he entered upon a denunciation of the methods pt the Panama Canal company, which be declared were the most corrupt in the history of .he world. He warned congress that no surer way would be found to defeat the contsruction of any canal than to adopt the Spooner amendment, as the United States rould have no connection with the Panama route without- becoming involved in the schemes of the French adventurers from which it would ft rid it impossible to extricate itself, lie declared that any connection that this country might have with the Panama proposition would result in a detriment to thin government. A bill was passed to rati.':' Act Mo. ' 65 cf the Twenty-first legislature, ture. THE HOUSE. Washington. June 7 The house spent the entirt day voting upon amendments SOFT GOAL STRIKE BECOMES EFFECTIVE- j Kany Thousand More Men Went Out! Than Was Expected. I AVheeling, W. Va., June 7. The strike ordered by the United Mine Workers of America to take effect in West Virginia today was much more complete in some districts than was expected and less effective in others. The incomplete reports are conflicting, but on the whole several thousand more men went out than was anticipated. The strike affects net only the industries of this state, but also the railway;; and river navigation. All local coal roads suffer. Among the trunk lines the Norfolk & Western suffered most today, but very many miners were also idle along the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake and Ohio. JOINING THE OUTGOING. Bluefields, W. Va., June 7. About sixty percent of the miners in the Flat Top fields went out today. GOING FOR GOOD. Coopers, W. Va., June 7. Five hundred or more miners passed through here today from the Flat Top fields. They are going west and will not return. A PRESCOTT LIBRARY Other Improvements involving a Heavy Expenditure Contemplated. Prescctt, Ariz., June 7. (Special) Through the good offices of Mr. F. M. Murphy, the Prescott Library committee has at last secured one cf the best locations, if not the best, in the city for the new library building. It is announced today that the city is to have one of the finest club buildings in the southwest, and the Episco pal church will build a rectory and a 1 guild hall. Joseph Wilson announces today that he will begin at once the erection of a model opera house, costing from thirty to forty thousand dollars. In this undertaking Mr. Wilson has the assistance of Mr. Murphy. NEWS FROM PRESCOTT. Departure of Mr. F. M East. Murphy for th Prescott. Ariz.. June 7. (Special) Dr. Ainsworth of Los Angeles arrived in Prescott this evening. . The doctor is en route to the Grand Canyon with a party of ladies, but could not pass Prescott by. He and his brother. Brigadier General Ainsworth of AVash- ington, are among the best friends of Prescott. and neither of them ever neg- lects to say a good word for the city. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Murphy, accom- panied by Mrs. Kinsley and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Smith, ?.Ir. J. H. Emmert and Mr. L. V. Mason, left this morning for the cast. o A NEVADA FIRE. Wadsworth. Nev., June 7. A fire started at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Lothrop's hotel and saloon and ten it is coupieu witn "Killing, in tnc m- hibition against conspiring for the killing of a chief magistrate cf a foreign country. A quorum failed at this point and the house was compelled to adjourn without final action. AMERICAN HOLDINGS In Cuba Under Investigation by Senate Committee. Washington. June 7. Truman G. Palmer of Chicago today continued his statement on the subject of the American holdings cf sugar lands in Cuba before the senate Cuban committee. Summarizing the entire presentation, he placed the number .of Cuban estates held by Americans, individual and corporate, at 172, with a total acreage of ownership amounting to 1.4S2.S01, of which 330.S46 acres are cane producing. The annual cane capacity of this land he placed at S30.44j tons, but he said that the lands were not, of course, producing to their full capacity, and some of them not. at all. These American ownerships have war claims against the United States amounting in the aggregate to $41,335,S03. buildings were destroyed. The fire is still burning. The total loss is not less than $50,000, with very little insurance. KANSAS FLOODS. They Are Subsiding and Railroads Ap- proaching Schedule Time. Tcpeka Kans;.e -The liltest advices from the flood district in Lyon j county say the waters are subsiding considerably and all trains are running through nearly on schedule time. Officials of the Santa Fe estimate the damage done to their road anywhere from $15,000 to $2r,000. The Kansas river in this city is getting very high. The water is within a few feet of the street railway bridge. A large force of men is being kept at work on the bridge to keep it free from driftwood. 1 o STEAM AND ELECTRICITY. St. Louis. June 7. As the result of a collision today at the surface crossing at Brentwood, St. Louis county, between a car on the Clayton branch suburban electric line and an engine on the Missouri Pacific railroad, thirty-five persons were badly injured, two fatally. The car, which could not be controlled because of a defective brake, plunged into the engine at the crossing and was badly wrecked. o A DUAL MEET IN THE MUD Chicago Wins From the TJniveisity of California. Marshall Field, Chicago, June 7. The dual meet between the University of Chicago and the University of California was won today by Chicago by a score of S to r. Shortly after tho games were called a drizzling rain set in which finally ended in a terrific . ilnivnnfllir .-lil-ll nil ' clnn -ni, 1 I I. . - . L i-.t iiur truin. ii'rn ii;t- unit css'1-- called the athletes to resume the games there was fully two inches of water on the track, while the field was a miniature lake. Under such condi tions fast work was out of tne question. The best rate was in the 200 yards dash, participated in by Blair and Senn of Chicago and Caddgan of California. It was a close race throughout, but Blair won in a hard finish. HIGH SCHOOL MEET. Chicago, June 7. Grinnell. Iowa, won j perls and this saving In time and ex-the high school meet on Marshall field j ertion is appreciated by the housewife this afternoon with a total score of 23 , its well as the economy, for being a points. The other schools finished as concentrated food, four teaspoonfuls is follows. South Division. Chicago. 13: sufficient for the cereal nart of a meal I Chicago Latin. 12: Englewood. 10: West ' Aurora. !: Milwaukee, S: Evanston. 7; North Division, Chicago. 6: Lewis Academy. 6: Amoy. 5: Bake Forest. 7.: j Northwestern Academy. 4: Pontiac, 7: j Goshen. Ind.. 3. r- I MILES' MOVEMENTS. i ille Is Traveling on a Schedule Ar- ranged by Himself. Washington, June 7. It was stated at the residence of General Miles tonight that he is not coming to Wash- ington until after the ceremonies at West Point on June 11. It was further stated that the general is traveling on a schedule mapped out by him before leaving AVashington, and in pursuance of these arrangements he is spending the night in Syracuse and will arrive in New York tomorrow noon. AT SYRACUSE. Syracuse. N. Y.. June 7. General Miles was entertained for several hours tonight by the Syracuse members of his civil war regiment, the Sixty-first New York volunteers. He declined to discuss the Arnold ease or army, affairs. He. left for West Point at 11:45. o BASE BALL The Result of Contests in Ihe Four Leagues Yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston, June 7. B&ston-Cincinntti ;amc postponed on account of rain. Brooklyn, Chicago Brooklyn . Batteries, June 7. First game 0 00 10000 01 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '2 W. Williams and Klhig; Newton and Farrell. Second game Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13 Brooklyn 1 0200200 -'a j Batteries, Taylor and Kling; Ivitsn and Farrell. New Yoi k. Pittsburg .. Nov.- Yoi !: . . Batteries, June 7. .2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Phillips and O'Connor, Evans and Yeager. Philadelphia, June 7. Philadelphia 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 "' 3 St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 01 Batteries, White and Doom; Wicker and O'Neil. Second game Philadelphia St. Louis Batteries. Magee Murphy and Ryan. .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 .0 0020023 07 and Jacklitsch; AMERICAN LEAGUE. St. Louis, June 7. St. Louis 0 1000200 14 Boston 000102 0 0 03 Batteries. Powell and Sugden; Dineen and Warner. Detroit. June 7. Detroit 0 0 0 2 3 1 12 9 Philadelphia OOOIQOOO 01 Batteries, Sicver and McGuire; Willz and Powers. Cleveland. June 7. Cleveland BaiUmoio Called account of o 1 n :j o 7 . . .(i :i o o o o i rain. Batteries, Bernhart R'.'binscn. :: i Wood ; McGinnity and Chicago, June 7. C h i ca go- Va s h i ng to n 3: wet ground. game postpon- WESTERN LEAGUE. Des Moines, June 7. Des Moines-ICansas City game postponed: .vet grounds. PeTia, June jame postponed; 7. Peoria-Milwaukee wet grounds. Colorado Springs, June 7. Colorado Springs ...0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 02 Denver 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 s Batteries. Gaston and Dixon; Whit-riJse and McConiulI. Omaha. June 7. St. Joseph 0 0000002 ' 2 Omaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 Batteries. Maupin i::id Kolh; Owens and Gonding. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St. Paul. June 7. St. Paul club, coining from Kansas City, late today, and game with Milwaukee postponed.' Toledo. June-game postponed: 7. Toledo- Louisville rain. Kansas City, June 7. Owing to fail- i ure of Minneapolis team to arrive, to-! day's game postponed. Columbus 9. Indianapolis 5. COLLEGE LEAGUE. Princeton S. Yale 5. 1 BODY 20 Pop HEAT Reduced rees in Summer. Nevcr eat heavy carbonaceous foods for the morning meal, for these foods should follow and not precede hard work. The best morning foundation !s Grape-Nuts and cream, a little fruit, a UP of Postum Food Coffee and pos sibly a couple of eggs prepared to suit the taste this breakfast is sufficient to satisfy the hardest workers, either of brain or muscle, until the noonday meal. Particularly is this true at ihe present season of the year, when meat and other fatty foods increase the internal heat of the body and make the summer day still more disagreeable. Grape-Nuts come to you from the. grocer ready to serve, having been ' fully cocked at the far tory hv food ev- for one person and costs only one cent A booklet of excellent recipes is found in each package of Grape-Nuts from which many easy and delicious warm weather dishes can be made for luncheon and supper that are not only nutritious but pleasing to the palate. A trial of the above selection of food for ten days will prove to anyone that health and vigor, an active mind and a keen enjoyment of the pleasures of summer will take the place of poor digestion, a dull brain and that heavy draggy feeling caused by improper food during the hot weather. THE JUDGMENT IN WILSON SUIT Brought Against Former Territorial Auditor Dr. Viokers Ihe Court Finds That in the Issuing of the Warrants of Which the "Taxpayer" Plaintiff Complained, the Law Was Fully Complied ' I With Judge Kent yesterday handed down the decision of the court in the Ives-Wilson suits against Governor Murphy and former Auditor Vickers. In the exhaustive opinion which is printed below, every warrant in question is declared to have been legally and properly issued. The suits were begun last fall, and were reached and tried in the district court two weeks ago, and submitted. Yesterday was the second "law day" since the trial, and the judgment was rendered as soon as the court opened. There was a large attendance of members of the Phoenix bar, and on account of the notoriety of the cases there was much interest in the decision, but there was no surprise. Lawyers without exception had predicted a judgment for the defendants. While Thomas F. Wilson, a resident of Tucson, ostensibly was the plaintiff, it is assumed that the costs will be paid by Ives. Most readers of The Republican are familiar with the cases. They had their inception early in the session of the Twenty-first legislature, a year ago last January. Governor Murphy had taken strong grounds in his message in favor of a modern territorial prison. Ives, who was the member of the council from Yuma, took it for granted that if a new prison were decided upon it would be at some other point than Yuma, and he seemed to consider that the only way to defeat the governor's recommendations was to array the legislature on partisan lines against the evecutive. Personally he was already a bitter enemy, and had been since the governor had cancelled a contract between the territory and Ives whereby Ives was to have the benefit of prison labor in constructing an irrigating ditch at Yuma. In pursuance of the purpose to solidify the legislature against the territorial administration and thus defeat any legislation inimical to the Yuma prison. Ives cunningly and unscrupoiisly repres' nte.1. that the administration of teirLoiial affairs was corrupt and that much capital could be made for the democratic party by an investigation of the auditor's office. He would not consent, however, to a joint committee of investigation from the two houses, but appointed a committee of three from the council, with himself as chairman. An expert ac- countant was employed at an expense of many hundreds cf dollars to the ter-i ritory. and the "investigation" dragged along for weeks. Long before a report was rendered the self-respecting members of both houses had become convinced that the whole proceeding was for the personal ends of Ives, that it could disclose nothing discreditable to the administration, and that it could end in nothing but a farce. Rut as ! president cf the council Ives had the j members of each house largely at his I mercy, in the matter of expediting or i defeating measures in which they ha 1 i especial interest, and he rigorously useu mi po.-.er ana ine party nip 10 keep the democrats lined up against the governor. There was a two-thirds democratic majority in each house. Near the end of the session, when he could offer no further excuses for de laying his committee report, Ives took the floor and made his great "exposure." By invitation the members of the house had adjourned to the council chamber to hear the harrowing details. The business ended in i farcical anti-climax, as everybody had expected. There was absolutely nothing in the whole report to indicate that there had been any wrong doing. To the contrary. Ives was compelled to rely on flimsy technical subterfuges for an attack on the governor and auditor. He claimed that certain warrants issued by the auditor on the territorial treasurer were illegal. These warrants were in two groups. The first comprised payments imprinting the various reports of territorial officials which are required by law. The bi-ennial appropriation bill had not provided funds for this printing, but the attorney general and auditor had helVl that the payments were authorized by the general statutes. There was no complaint that the printing bills were unreasonable. The second group covered warrants issued for the expenses of the governor's office. In the appropriation bill of 1K93, the Twentieth legislature had appropriated the sum of $G,2."iH to b.; paid by the governor during two years and a half as rewards for criminals, the printing of proclamations, and the other purposes mentioned in Judge Kent's decision.- and for '"all necessary expenses." This last clause was added by the legislature after a conference with the auditor and the attorney general, wherein it had been shown that the business anil correspondence of tin: executive office had grown lo large proportions, the volume of correspondence being heavier than in most of the states; that in all the states there was prevision for an adequate office staff costing several thousands yearly a private secretary, a stenographer. ;. pardon clerk, an office boy. and so on: whereas in Arizona the statutes, dating from civil war times, provided only for a private secretary at r.o a month. It had been shown to that legislature that the $r.) a month would net pay for extra typewriting, not to speak of com-uensation for competent secretary. , m that Governor Murphy was personally paying largely for his office "help." It was too late for a law changing territorial salaries, and the legislature. with the full understanding that under the clause "all neoesasry expenses" u portion of the appropriation would be used for the expenses of the executive office, adopted the paragraph as it reads. Certain furniture for the. executive office was purchased, and miscellaneous bills were paid, nearly all of them relating to the famous annual report of the governor for 1S99. Upon this report the governor, his secretary, and a force of stenographers and typewriters were employed for weeks, almost diy and night. When the report was published it was pronounced by the department of the interior the finest immigration document ever issued for a territory, and congress todk the unprecedented action of ordering an extra edition at government expense f' the use of senators and congress- 111711, dill UCMdl hlutril k. I - .i u . . ' . . . . . . a work as would have cost Arizona many thousands of dollars, if prepared by people In private life, and it was ! worth untold sums to the territory. Yet, the few hundred dollars represent-, ed by the cost cf this report was the j subject of the Ives howl in the legis lature cf last year. That legislature understood the whole situation, and what had been intended by the preceding legislature. When Ives had finished his speech there was not even a motion to receive his committee report. It was calmly ignored, and the two houses went about their business. The auditor, against whom such a tirade of bitter abuse had been uttered, was unanimously confirmed in his re-appointment by the council, and in recognition of the increased needs of the governor's office the two houses of the legislature unanimously passed a bill increasing the salary of the private secretary to $125 a month, and trebling the contingent fund of the office. Moreover, the confidence of the legislature was shown by a provision that the governor should render no vouchers for the contingent expenses, beyond his receipt to the auditor. That was the last vf the farce until President McKinley was assassinated. Some mischievous newspaper writer started the story that President Roosevelt and Governor Murphy were not friends. The credulous Ives believed it, and he began a new campaign against the governor, using the rejected material that had been raked before the democratic legislature. He had a willing ally in Wilson, who was a disappointed office seeker. It was obvious that they hoped to make a noise and stampede Roosevelt into removing Murphy. The conspiracy failed, and as there was nc practical way of withdrawing the suits, they went to trial with the result that the whole terri tory expected. Judge Kent's decision follows: THE DECISION. This is an action brought by a taxpayer of the territory against the auditor and his bondsmen to recover three times the amount of certain warrants alleged to have been issued without authority of law. The action is brought under the statute of 1001 authorizing such action by such taxpayer. The action was originally against the governor of the territory, as well as against the auditor, but on demurrer it was held that the action could not be maintained against the governor by this plaintiff, because at the time of the issuance of the warrants there was j no statute that gave any right of ac-', tion in any one against the governor, j the former statute giving such right I of action against the auditor and his I bondsmen, though such action did not j lie in favor of a taxpayer. ! The ccmplaint alleged that the war-i rants were drawn to the governor on his order: that they were paid, but I that the money was not expended for any pub'ic purpose, and that the pro-j ceeds thereof were converted by th- governor to nis own use. no proot , whatever was given on the trial that ! the monev was nnnronriatert tw the governor to his own use, or that the money was used for other than a pub-lie purpose, or that the expenditures wore not necessary and proper: and there was no charge in this action that the auditor had any connection with the warrants or the proceeds thereof, except that he issued them. The action having been dismissed as to the governor has been brought to trial as against the auditor and his bondsmen on the sole questions as to the first thirteen causes of action, whether or not these warrants so drawn by the auditor were warrants issued without authority of law. for which in this action he and his bonds-j men can be held for three times the amount thereof. The plaintiff bases his contention that as to eight of these warrants they were issued without authority of law on two grounds: First, that the fund appropriated by subdivision S, chanter 69. of the laws of 1S9S. on which these warrants were drawn, does not appropriate money for the purposes for which the warrants were drawn; and second, that they were issued in violation of sections 2962 and 2974 of the revised statutes of XS7 providing for the furnishing of vouchers prior to the payment of claims. As to the first point, the matter was fully presented by the plaintiff's coun- sel on the argument of the demurrer, but has again presented by him in reply to the argument of defendant's counsel, who did not present their position in the matter upon the argument of the demurrer. Section 8 referred to Is as follows: "Subdivision S. To pay the contingent expenses during the six months ending June thirtieth,. 1SH9. aid during the fiscal years ending June thirtieth. l'.iOH. and June thirtieth. 1901, the sun', of six thousand two hundred and fifty (Continued on Third Page.) A GREAT OPPORTUNITY To Go Into the Chicken Business 3-a re ranch, scientifically arranged yerds; 40;i() square feet floor spate hielren barns, compl jle system water works, also incubators, brooder, horse, "'ngon i ml evei-vt'.-.i'.fe at hand r.rike a success. Rent reasonable on a three year lease. TAYLOR fgJ. SON, Real Estate and Loans, No. 11, North First Ave. MILITARY TRAIN!! OF JUNIOR Subject of Severe Criticism in lish Official Report Their Inefficiency and Causes of J ?thout Military-Knowledge or the Desire to Ac-f .iny The System Roasted Recommendation 'e Abolition of Polo and Other Expensive Forr riecreation One of the Evils is the Operation oi Positions and Promotions. London, June 7. The report of the committee on military education and training issued today, furnishes the ' strongest official corroboration of the inefficiency of the officers of the British army. The committee's report, which -is based upon the evidence cf the officers themselves, from the command er in chief downward, fills forty-eight printed pages with caustic criticisms of the existing system. Witness are unanimous in' saying that the junior officers are lamentably deficient in military knowledge, in a desire to acquire knowledge, and in zeal. The committee finds that the young officers will not work "unless they are compelled to do so. that "keenness is out of fashion," and that "it is not correct form." The committee declares that many officers do net possess e.n elementary education. The report condemns the system of both "Woolwich and Sandhurst," where the condition is fur from satisfactory the instructors having no inducement to teach the cadets, much less to work. With a view of diminishing the expenses cf the officers belonging to the cavalry regiments the report recom BOERS MUST WALK TO SOUTH AFRICA The British Embaesy Unable to Help Refugees in This Country. Washington, June 7. Inquiry at tha British embassy here developed the fact that the application of Denver Boers for transportation to their homes has not reached the embassy. Officials do not yet know how it would be acted upon. In cases of actual distress the embassy in the past has been able lo extend some relief to stranded English subjects by securing for them transportation to the seaport where they would be able to ship for home, but there is no fund sufficient to defray tho expense of the general return of the many Boers in the United States to South Africa. It is therefore probable that the embassy can do nothing In the matter in the absence of a special grant of funds and authority from London. BOERS WANTED. Cape Town. June 7. Advices received here from Buenos Ayres say-that the Argentine government has appointed a special agent to visit the camps in South Africa and offer free transportation to Boers desirous of emigrating to Argentine. o HE WILL NOT RUN. Bryan Will Not Be Candidate for Governor of Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., June 7. In a statement given out this evening Win. J. Bryan says he is not a candidate and under no circumstances will he be a candidate for governor of Nebraska this fall. The statement is in answer to an interview with former Senator Allen, in which the latter declared that Bryan should be the fusion nominee. o SHORT IMPRISONMENT. Bluefields. W. Va.. June Wyack, a colored miner, char, assaulting Mary Green, was 7. John ;ed with arrested I today and was soon afterwards taken from the jail at Bond Town and lynched. Wyack was dragged a short distance from jail and riddled with bullets. SHOPMEN FOR STRIKERS. Reading. Pa. Philadelphia & were asked by they would go . June 7. Today the Reading shopmen here their foremen wh.-.'her to the coal regions to THE PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK PHOENIX. ARIZONA. Paid-up Capital, StOO.OOO. Surplus and Undivided Profits, IS0.100. E. B. GAGE, President. T. W. P13MBERTON, Vice Pres. H. J.JJ't'Ll'XG, Cashic-L. B. LARIMER. Assistant Cashier. Steel-lined Vaults and Steel Safety Deposit Boxes. General Banking Business. Drafts issued on all principal cities of the world. Directors G. B. Richmond, B. Heyman, K. M. Murpliy, 1. M. Perry, E. B. Gage, T. W. Pemberton, R. N. Fredericks, L. IT. Chalmers, Frank Alkire. THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL BANK PRESCOTT. ARIZONA. Paid-up Capital, $100,000.00. Surplus and Undllvded Profits. $30,000.00. F. M. MURPHY. President. MORRIS GOLD WATER, Vice President. R. N. FREDERICKS. Cashier. C. O. ELLIS, Assistant Cashier. Brooklyn Chrome Steel-lined Vaults and Safe Deposit Boxes. A general bank ing business transacted. Directors F. M. Murphy, E. B. Gage, Morris Goldwater John C. Herndon, F. G. Brecht, D. M. Ferry, R. N. Frederick. Long Distance Telephone No. ML OFFICERS an Eng- ? .al Influence in Procuring mends that polo tournaments, regimental coaches, and the keeping of hounds ,;e forbidden. s .remaps the penultimate paragraph is the most complete of all. "So long as medicor-t.v is permitted to pass muster," says the committee, "and signal ability meets with no substantial recognition, it is "useless to hope for .my results favorable to the regulations. Nothing but inducements, in the shape of reward for good work, either in peace or in war can raise the standard of knowledge through the command to the ranks." The committee therefore recommends "An honest system of promotion by merit, following on tests hcnorably conducted and honestly reported on." The report plainly hints that officers can hardly be expected to work so long: as the present system of advancement, through social influence, is in vog:ie. or so long as efficiency has nothinsr whatever to do with the selection of officers for desirable appointments. The committee recommends, among other things that more commissions be offered to the colonies and that officers be compelled to know either French or German. take the positions of firemen, engineers and pumpmen. About thirty consented. The company wanted to secur-j at least 130 men from the shops here to take the places of the men on strike. They were informed that, they would be paid $2.30 a day and board and free transportation. THE ANTHRACITE STRIKE. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 7. There was absolutely no change today in the anthracite coal miners' strike, which has now rounded out its fourth week. Here and there men who were on their way to or from work were assaulted, but none of them seriously hurt. IMPENDING WEATHER. Washington, June 7. Arizona, fair, continued warm Sunday and Monday. New Mexico, partly cloudy Sunday and Monday, with occasicual thunder storms in northern portion. AVyoming, fair Sunday, warmer in east portion. Monday fair. NEW POSTMASTERS. Washington, June 7. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters. Texas, Francis M. Barton. Terrell. Wyomiug, Karvey Springer, Cambria. o FRENCH CRISIS HAS PASSED The Organization of a Radical Ministry "Without a Ripple. Paris, June 27. France has passed through the cabinet crisis and the Ccmbes ministry . been formed without a ripyle of excitement among the general public or even in the lobbies of the chamber of deputies. Combes was the first name mentioned as successor to M. Waldeck Rousseau, and mmediately after the latter's resignation beca.ne official, and as soon as H. Brisson rn-nounced that he would not form a cabinet, the Ccmbes ministry became a certainty. As was inevitable after the verdict of the country and the unequivocal i vte in the chamber ot deputies in tne ' elei tion of M. Burgeoise as president, ! the new cabinet was chosen almost en- tircly from among the radicals, M. Boitvier being the last advanced member of it. M. Dcmergu and Pelletan represent the advanced socialists mil M.Mougect, minister of agriculture iep-resents the radical left. Combes. Del-Casse. Troullot. Valle. Chaumie and Marejouls are republicans.